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One of the hardest parts of editing a video is deciding what to take out and what to leave in.

The recent Wacky Weekend with Connor was a tough one, because even though the episode clocked in at 29 minutes of terror, there was still so much that I ended up taking out to refine it down.


Fortunately though, we have these Patreon exclusive episodes, where these deleted scenes can see the light of day, mixed in with embarrassing outtakes.

And there was no shortage of either, given this is one of the longest behind the scenes videos we've released so far.

Chris & Connor's Wacky Weekend | Patreon Exclusive
Watch:
https://youtu.be/fEVc5bDw-ow

I'll admit, this episode turned out far better than I could've hoped and even made it on to No.10 on Youtube Trending globally (a first for Abroad in Japan!).

These are popular videos that are handpicked by Youtube and shared worldwide on the platform. I'm glad they felt two British guys whinging in a mouldy room was an appropriate choice!


Then later in the week, it was subject to an incredible Youtube glitch where the video titles was switched with another random video.

The title and the thumbnail couldn't have been more perfect 😂


For now though guys, enjoy the video and we've got a new Abroad in Japan video out today featuring Asakusa and Ryotaro for the first time in a million years!
(The Patreon behind the scenes video for that video will follow in the week).

As for me, I must go now to give a talk on pregnancy and drink driving.
Chris

Files

Previews only

What REALLY Happened on Chris & Connor's Wacky Weekend | Patreon Exclusive Video

Chris & Connor venture into the mountains of Shikoku for a horrifying weekend of scarecrows, bridges and hotels.

Comments

Anonymous

Keep on drink driving and keep on shining Chris

Patti Schneider

What’s your favourite Welsh joke in this episode?

Eyyy J

Chris flying a drone into a cloud and instantly losing it is the most Chris thing I’ve ever heard

Gordon Akagi

Seriously, who passes on a free mask?

wendy weems

That hotel makes me itchy......

Judy Rogin

That was an interesting spelling of the word special. 😁 Your videos are the absolute best thing to happen to YouTube.

Anonymous

Perhaps the most enjoyable outtakes video to date. Really gave a good insight into the editing process. Also Connor’s David Attenborough-like cow narration was hilarious.

Deric Chong

Who's pregnant Chris or Connor 🤣

Char

Ha, outtakes with the cows and fog were great! You two are my fav YouTubers and play off each other well. One day I hope you, Pete, and Connor can go on a monkey sightseeing tour of chaos.

WT

I loved this Chris. Thank you!!! I seriously want the signed pudding 😍. Pretty Pleeeeeease... I’ll pay shipping The swapped title was hilarious and I wonder if anyone was caught unawares by it like. Wtf???

WT

I’d would have to be Connor right? Since Chris is driving but that implies... oh god

WT

No no flying one into a typhoon and ruining it, that’s more Chris right. But to his Credit, they didn’t crash, the one might still work and he got the little one back. So it was a good trip!

WT

“Say something else about Wales Chris... I dare you.”

Deric Chong

Haha I didn't realize the swapped title most probably happened after viewing it when it was released

Anonymous

Hilarious! Thanks for putting together these BTS and outtakes videos! Can’t get enough AiJ. :D Here in the US we have non-refrigerated pudding as well (Hunt’s “Snack Pack” pudding) so I wasn’t as shocked as you guys were, lol, but I’m genuinely curious: they don’t have shelf-stable pudding in the UK?

Caz T

Damn, was hoping for a shot of you and Connor enjoying the onsen! That ryokan looked really nice, would love to chill there looking at the mountains, thanks for this extra video 😀

Anonymous

Going to have to stay a couple nights in a shady hotel when I move in a few weeks, it feels better knowing it's nowhere near this bad.

Anonymous

The tears coming out 🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh man so goood

Anonymous

Is it me or Conner getting a bald patch ?

Zoltan Tompa

Thanks so much for sharing this!

Artemis

wow, a BTS video that's almost as long (2/3!) as the full video, can't wait till I have time to watch.

Anonymous

Hey Chris! I think you did a great job showing the state of the room, it reminded me of a series I used to watch on YouTube called "Another Dirty Room". Though compared to those rooms, the Japanese one was heaven 🤣

Rynnik Elddi

LOL you guys made an absolute mess with eating that pudding. Besides, how can a hotel room not have a spoon? Did you look in the mini fridge area where they serve the coffee and tea packets? And even if they don't, you could've just called the hotel front desk to give you one.

Jolie

Thanks for sharing these outtakes. It’s so much fun seeing what’s behind the curtain and what didn’t make the final cut. The cow mooing was a fave 😆. The cool part about your film making is seeing how nature and fate plays a part in it. Looking forward to seeing more 😉

Delighted Muse

It’s so cool to see the behind the scenes! I’ve always assumed the videos aren’t scripted, just outlined/planned. I can’t imagine how much energy making these take! I wonder if filming and carrying the equipment around makes it feel distracting or if you end up needing to be more observant/present in the moment trying to translate an experience to film. Anyway, excited to see more behind the scenes!

Foivos Anargyros

your videos are 10/10 by yourself but some of the ones that you are with cdawg are so funny . the chemistry works as well as the jokes. keep the amazing content comingggg

Anonymous

I've been looking forward to watching this since you hinted at the BTS version this week. Thanks as always for making content for us! :)

Anonymous

That was mint :) Also nothing worse than drone fear!

Anonymous

Right?! I was genuinely shocked to see that kind of hotel in Japan! I mean, it’s an entire country noted for its cleanliness and always presenting a “good face”…. Amazing to see something worse than the $10 a night hotel rooms I’ve stayed in when traveling through Mexico during college breaks! Many thanks to Chris and Connor for showing us all a very different side of Japan. 😊

Skikes

He talks about it all the time and talks about people pointing it out in comments all the time. Honestly it used to look much worse when he had his hair longer. Looks way better now with a haircut.

Anonymous

Where can i sign up for a chance to win that signed CDawgVA pudding?

CamryDS

speical cleaning =)

Henry

Favorite creator combination, can't wait to see more content from y'all, its been great so far

Jaime Springel

When you two get together you become even more British.

Anonymous

That Youtube title glitch, and how amazingly well it fits the thumbnail, shows that universe DOES indeed have a sense of humor. And that it watches Abroad in Japan.

Anonymous

Christ... you said it didn't capture the love hotel in all it's (horrifying) glory, but it definitely captured the vibe of it enough for me to feel a bit queasy watching 🤢 thank god this part of the video is unlisted otherwise the yakuza might be after you for slagging off their hotel front